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ACA in the News: Addiction During Menopause

ACA member Dr. Adina Silvestri was interviewed in a recent Everyday Health article about addiction during menopause and how that can make seeking help harder.

ACA in the News: Dealing With the Loss of a Friend

In her May column for Psychology Today, ACA President-Elect Thelma Duffey writes about the many ways to lose a friend and how to cope with it.

ACA in the News: New Treatments for Process Addictions

In a recent blog for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), ACA President Robert L. Smith discussed new treatments for process addictions.

ACA in the News: Alzheimer?s Disease and Tips For a Better Night?s Sleep

ACA member Robert Turner spoke with Preserving Your Memory magazine about the value of sleep for people with Alzheimer?s disease.

ACA in the News: New Research Instrument Measuring Teacher Stress

ACA member Christopher McCarthy was interviewed by the Texas Tribune to share his research about stress in educational settings (K-12).

ACA in the News: Effects of Conversion ?Therapy"

Richard Yep, ACA?s Chief Executive Officer, spoke with USA Today about the practice of conversion therapy and its effects, especially on minors.

Faces of Counseling 2015

Counselors are a reflection of the people they help - they come from all walks of life and every corner of the globe. Our special Counseling Awareness Month portrait gallery, ?Faces of Counseling 2015,? celebrates the diversity of the counseling ...

ACA in the News: ACA Supports Obama?s Conversion Therapy Announcement

Richard Yep, ACA?s Chief Executive Officer, spoke with the Washington Times yesterday to share ACA?s support of President Obama?s statement encouraging all states to ban the practice of conversion therapy.

President Obama Calls for End to Conversion "Therapy"

In a statement released last night (Apr. 8), Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama, wrote that, "As part of our dedication to protecting America?s youth, this Administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors."

ACA in the News: Social Media and Time Management

In a recent blog for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), ACA member Ryan Thomas Neace discussed employee productivity and social media usage.

ACA in the News: Exploring Free-range Parenting

ACA member Shannon Karl spoke with the Deseret News National Edition about free-range parenting and the challenges parents face.

ACA in the News: Leaving a Mindful Legacy

In her monthly Psychology Today column, ACA President-Elect Thelma Duffey discusses our opportunity to leave a lasting imprint.

Advancement on Interstate Compact for Reciprocity

On Friday, March 20th, counseling licensure board representatives from Kentucky and Tennessee agreed to an interstate compact for counselor licensure.

ACA in the News: Online Counseling The Benefits and Risks

David Kaplan, Chief Professional Officer of ACA, spoke with The Atlantic about the role technology plays in the counseling profession.

ACA in the News: Concerns Regarding Electronic Health Records

ACA members John Duggan and Burt Bertram spoke to Kaiser Health News about the impact electronic health records have on behavioral health practices.

ACA in the News: The Value Counseling Can Bring

Dr. Thelma Duffey, LPC and ACA President-Elect, was interviewed on "AM Ocala Live!" (WOCA "The Source") in Florida yesterday to kick off the ACA 2015 Conference.

Better Your Benefits - Take the ACA Practice Briefs Survey!

In 2013, The American Counseling Association (ACA) began publishing Practice Briefs: convenient, downloadable resources for clinician members that offer concise descriptions of timely counseling topics; intervention and assessment strategies; and ...

ACA Launches School Counselor Connection Webpage

The American Counseling Association (ACA) has partnered with Michelle Obama's Reach Higher initiative, which supports the critical work of school counselors in preparing students to complete their education past high school.

ACA in the News: Free-range Parenting

ACA?s Chief Professional Officer, David Kaplan, spoke to News Channel 8?s Let?s Talk Live! team about the ongoing public debate surrounding free-range parenting.

ACA Announces 65th President

Dr. Catherine B. Roland will begin her term as ACA President-elect on July 1, 2015 and will assume the presidency on July 1, 2016.